This is technically the best eurovision song of all time since he broke all the records with the highest EVER score using the old system.

Alexander hardly aged in 9 years #FountainOfYouth

He is the ultimate winner. This song had been an incredibly popular hit. Everyone was listening to it, EVERYONE. And Fairytale had received the biggest amount of points by the time the new voting system was established. And maybe he was chosen this year because of his previous achievements... But Fairytale was the 100% hit which everyone knew :)

That song was a shock for all Europe!!! He won with highest score in the history of eurovision..

It was the best eurovision 2009) the most obvious win of all time! and the venue in Moscow was brilliant!

I'm pretty sure he came back this year to relive the experience - he's not here to win this time, he's here to have fun, and to be honest his song and charisma on stage definitely achieves that with me, too.

My obsession with Eurovision started from this song and this young man. I already know that I am voting for him this year too (irrespective of his current song). This is my first Eurovision love and I stay true to it

By far the greatest winner of all time my obsession for Eurovision started with this, i still go back and listen to this!

One of the greatest Eurovision winners. Really fabulous song

Ahhh...my very first Eurovision memory from when I was a kid, now I'm 20... Oh my god time flies

So many years have passed, and I still have goosebumps when I hear the first notes of this song.

Alexander Rybak is insane. Very very insane. If it turns out he can time travel or shapeshift into a beaver, no surprise there.

One of the best songs in Eurovision, violin is extremely good, good job. Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸❤🇳🇴

Daaaaamn!! He's shredding that violin! This performance is so fun and unique.

this is legit my favourite of all time!

2009 best year, this was the year that made me Eurovision fan!!

You should react to Norway's victory back in 1995 (I think) Secret Garden - Nocturne :) Tnx for all nice comments!

Yes!! I have always loved this, the violin is typichally Nordic Folklore, his Charisma. All the world liked it. He got 12 points from almost every countries. There was no question. (But my daughter never liked it, sadly, I don't know why?)

Hahahaaa! Thnx Jake! First, yeah FAIRYTALE has become an EPIC ESC winner. Second, if he had done something simular to Fairytale, it would have been "wrong" as well.. He will score on his live performance, since that's where he has his forte. This yrs entry is childish.. maybe, but still.. it's actually quite wellwritten, and he, Alexander, was actually offered large sums (several million NOK's) to perform in ESC for Belarus, and he rather do it for free for Norway... Anyways, thanks again. always fun watching. All the Best, Love and Success from Arctic LoVe Islands, Norway

"Ja, vi elsker dette landet, som det stiger frem furet, værbitt over vandet, med de tusen hjem". The most charming winning entry in ages! He knew the minute he stepped onto that stage that the trophy was ment for him :D I just wanted to add that there were so many awesome performances that year. Everyone brought their A-game. Alexander won with 387p over the runner up Iceland's 218p. So it was a very popular win. As you might now the new scoring, that we have today, was introduced in 2016. Now the double ammount of points are handed out, as jury and televote points are given seperately, instead of the combined score we had back then. 2009 The jury was also brought back to have a 50/50 say in the scoring of the Grand Final performance.

a jaw-dropping performance indeed!!!!! just awesome!!!!

I'm in love with your fairytale❤️❤️I love this song🇮🇹🇧🇻

Your expressions are so great and genuine. I like both songs but I actually prefer his song this year, and I would be happy if he won again. Keep up the great videos!

I love your facial expressions! Hugs from Norway

After my second video from you, 0:20 was very welcoming

well i copmletly agree with you , i am from Norway and i was always disapointed when i heard that newer song of his

One of my FAVORITES of all times :D - well said!! I fell i n love in it right away too - already 9 years! Omgoodness!! :-O

Thanks for reacting, love the new intro❤❤

I wonder how people can be so sure before they have actually seen his performance in Lisbon. It's OK not to like the song, but I think it would be fair to watch the performance before making conclusions. In Lisbon he'll be joined by some really talented dancers and singers, so I am pretty sure he'll deliver a really good show on stage. With that said, 'Fairytale' is an amazing composition. And I don't think Alexander is trying to surpass his own success from 2009. He simply loves music and he loves Eurovision. I'm excited to see him back :)

Best song from Eurovision all time

i love this song so much i listen to it evry day, i also love your reaction i also was like that when i first listened to it

When I was young I heard it EVERYWHERE after it won.

Hello from Turkey❤️2020 and I’m still listening this song. It was an epic.Every country love this song🌸And we miss Eurovision I hope someday we will back🙏🏼😊

Love this song 🖤♥️

Years have gone by and this song and winning performance is still engraved in my mind... this is the ultimate Eurovision song when I think about Eurovision I think about this song.. nothing else

This is the song that started my love with Eurovision. I was in Norway in 2009 and it was EVERYWHERE! You couldn't go to any party without this song coming on. I was so proud to see Norway won, and on top of that won with the most points ever before the new voting system. I love Alexander but the entry this year (2018) is horrible. Lets just pretend this years entry never happened and keep 2009 Alexander.

I comepletly understand why he won, although he was not my favorite that year. This song is epic, the stage performance is outstanding, and its just perfect 😊

His and Loreen's song were my favs from Eurovision

unforgettable performance, very sincere and fresh.

This song made eurovision great again... Saved it in my opinion. Soo good

If you have the time later on, you should react to the 2003-2007 winners too. From 2003 onward, it's when Eurovision venues started to become bigger and heavily-produced staging became a thing. Also, if you have no idea who won in 2006... let's just say your reaction would be really fun to watch.

Well thank you! And now you have a new Norwegian follower! ;)

The violin tune was the ringtone on my phone that time😂

I like your reaction 💕😂

I love this!!!!

I voted only for this song. I didn't do before and I will never do again. For me this is the winner song of the contest. ❤️🥇

Your smile is so sweet :)

Please do the reaction of Poland 2016. Michal Szpak was 22 in jury voting and 3 in public voting. He is an amazing vocalist. Even J.K Rowling's husband voted him.

I wasn't expecting Alexander to recreate his win from 2009, but I have to admit with Norway's entry this year I was incredibly disappointed. I looked forward to it (I don't listen to the songs before the semi-finals on principle) and my hopes were completely crushed. That's How You Write A Song was catchy, but that really was all there was to it and the violin just wasn't enough to save it. It was like taking everything that Alexander was and turn it mainstream losing what made people love him in the process. But meh.. I guess that's my opinion.

The dance they performed is based on Halling, a traditional Norwegian folk dance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halling_(dance)

one of my ALL TIME favorites ...EVERYTIME i watch it tears roll down my manly face xD

LOVE LOVE THIS SONG

I’d love to see your reaction of Norway 1995 ❤️

Ani Lorak 2008. Verka Serducka 2007.

This is one of the BIG classics from ESC.

I love this song. One of my favorite Eurovision hits! ❤❤ However, I agree with you about his entry this year. When I heard he was Norway's entry this year, I got high expectations. Then I heard "this is how you write a song" I was disappointed. He's such a talented artist and you can tell he's having fun performing it, but the song isn't great.

It's so nostalgic to me. But because this song was allways between commercials.

Gretings from norway!

Bring me back in 2009 😥❤

I've been watching ESC since 1998, and only 4 times have "my" song won, and this is one of them. I love it.

I watched this when i was 9 years old knew all the lyrics and danced in my room and i knew that thay would win 😍

Всегда умиляюсь реакции лица этого парня!!!

2009 was one of the best Eurovosion Song Contests ever. And even though Fairytale had an uncontested victory there were so many other great entries worth to talk about: Iceland - Yoahnna - Is it true? Turkey - Hadise - Düm tek tek Bosnia and Herzegowina - Regina - Bistra voda Sweden - Malena Ernman - La voix Azerbaijan - AySel & Arash - Always Estonia - Urban - Symphony - Rändajad France - Patricia Kaas - Et s'il falliat le faire

I know it was not possible that he would repeat something like that this year, but this was the BOP. Amazing.

He held the score record (most points ever in ESC-history) until 2017 when Portugal broke the record. And it is my all time favourite winner! Hands down!

From the year 2009, I would like to see your reaction to Denmark, Brinck "believe again" Have a blessed day, Jake. I so enjoy your videos.

Помню,как это песня стояла на рингтоне у тёти)Обожала её больше всех

Oh my gosh that's my favorite song 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

That was a great year! Iceland (Yohanna - Is it true) and Estonia (Urban symphony - Rändajad) was amazing as well, and deserves recognition, you should totally react to them!

I don't even know why I'm saying this but you remind me of my father. You look alike. Both really handsome. And I love your reactions because the face expressions are priceless! Thank you!

Fun fact those men doing the acrobatics on stage won Norways got Talent the year before or something like that. Those Arent just random dudes.

You have to check runner up Island from that year. The best is if u check snippets of all songs or finalists .

Love you too, Jack!!! The dancers behind Alexander are from a group called Frikar.

Will you do more reactions of Ukraine? :)

Спасибо) мы знаем, что мы лучшие во всём)

one of the most iconic entries ever, one of the biggest winners ever, and for me this just screams "Europe" in general :p As an aside, go check the numbers for Melodi Grand Prix that year. If you thought Alexander crushed the competition at ESC, well......lol. :p And yeah, Fairytale feels way more organic and natural while THYWAS feels way more forced and pieced together. Fairytale really allowed Rybak to stretch while THYWAS just limits him majorly

And this is Alexander Rybak from Belarus only I did not understand why he sang for Norway.

Where did you get that world map picture you have on that wall behind you?

I remember the day he won ESC. We were going out afterwards, and they played that song ALL the time at the bar.. And EVERY SINGLE time everyone was singing along and dancing. Two days later everyone hated it because they were sick of it though, haha..

My favorite for 2009. was Iceland - finished the second. :)

React to Iceland 2009, please, which was the runner-up that year :)) Thank you and congrats for your channel ;)

He has a lot of cool songs :)

Not only won it but run with it

Yup, that year was miles apart from what he delivered this year. SO much better, and I had no idea how they could even attempt to get that song in from this year. I believe only rreason he got to the finals this year was because he was a recognizable face that people had seen before. Wish the song had been better, like the one from '08

I can't stop watching Jake's video reactions😊 I knew, you will love Alexander's song and performance. And you definitely loved it right from the first seconds😊 You should watch Loreen Euphoria 2012 Eurovision winning song. You'll be stunned by it, believe me😊

Rybak himself has said that "Fairytale" will always remain his big hit. I don't mind "That's How You Write a Song", it's not a bad song, it's just average by his standards. It's catchy as well, but it is in a totally different genre which shouldn't be compared to "Fairytale". Because if you do, you will get dissapointed.

Fairytale is one of my all time favourite songs

What is your personal favourite winning song? What year and country?

Every song of Alexander is amazing

best eurovision song ever 🤤

Well, with ABBA returning with new music, I think It is onl fair to react to the Winning Entry of the 1974 Eurovision

This years song by Alexander rybakk was not that good. But the one in 2009 was LIT

Nice video! Thnk, you so cute😍

My friend took violin lessons because of this song.

You should react to Is It True? by Yohanna from Iceland, runner up to this song!! it's incredible too

I miss the no mask performance days 👊😰 anyone else?

I love your reaction videos! Would love to see your reaction on Alexander Rybak song "13 horses". It`s not one of his most known songs. But damn it`s beautiful, one of personal favorites.

I used to have a crush in him when i was younger ;-;

Jake you should definitely react to Norway's song "Alvedansen" from 2006 :D

You should totally react to Poland 1994, it was awesome :D